British upper house election, 1853

The British upper house election, 1853 was held on 1 January 1853. The election saw new peers be elected to the House of Lords, and it was the first election held after the reform of the United Kingdom's electoral policies; now, the upper house's membership was decided by population. The result was the Conservative Party returning to its slight majority of 51 seats, and the Whigs gained the second most seats with 37, and the Tory Party gained 12 seats.